SNC Casts Bangalore Metro ORR Line Package 2’s 1st Pile Cap
Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) this week cast their first pile cap at Doddanekundi to construct Bangalore Metro’s 56 km Blue Line on the Outer Ring Road (ORR).
The city’s new Blue Line by BMRCL is being developed in Phase 2A (ORR Line) and Phase 2B (Airport Line) to connect Silkboard – KR Puram – Bengaluru International Airport through 30 stations.
This feat by SNC for the ORR Line’s 8.377 km Package 2 (Kodibeesanahalli – KR Puram) was recorded for Pier number ORP-469 located on the northern end of Doddanekundi Flyover. A massive portal pier shaped like the letter ‘n’ is going to be constructed here on what was earmarked for a bus rapid transit (BRT) line.
This isn’t the first pile cap for the ORR Line though. Afcons Infrastructure working on Package 1 cast their first pile cap between Bellandur and Ibblur in November – see details and a snap of the first pier taking shape.
SNC was awarded ORR Line Package 2’s Rs. 623.55 crore contract in May 2021 after emerging as its lowest bidder in October 2020.
Their scope includes constructing the line’s Kodibeesanahalli – KR Puram section’s 8.377 km viaduct, 7 elevated stations at Kodibeesanahalli, Marathahalli, ISRO, Doddanekundi, DRDO sports complex, Saraswathi Nagar and K R Puram, a 1.097 km depot-line linking to the existing Baiyapanahalli Depot and a 0.30 km pocket track.
SNC is chasing a 27 month deadline and will be monitored by RITES as the Project Management Consultant to BMRCL. Till now, they’ve completed 160 piles. Typically 4 piles constitute a pile cap (see diagram), but for the one above 7 piles have been used to support the viaduct.
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– TMRG
Does the 27 month deadline look realistic?
Not possible with construction practicalities (traffic, space constraints, potential contractor/BMRCL inefficiencies etc.).
Remember reading BMRCL is looking at a 2027 project completion. Might have been a typo. A 2025-26 opening is plausible, but let’s see what challenges come up besides the activists who’ve now started coming out of the wood work.
High court has allowed BMRCL to cut the trees so activists are helpless.
Read this 👇👇
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-metro-rail-project-high-court-allows-felling-of-577-trees/article38023146.ece
If they get enough support, as witnessed in Mumbai, what the judiciary says wouldn’t matter. I hope for smooth sailing.
They won’t get support bcoz BMRCL is punctual in Transplantation and Compensatory Afforestation.
BMRCL works under Tree Expert Committee’s Rules. Hence activists won’t protest
Hey TMRG bro, I think 27 month deadline is achievable bcz
1) Most of the land on this corridor land is acquired.
2) High Court has allowed BMRCL to cut the trees so activists can’t legally stop the construction
3) U-girders are being used
4) Contractors are finically stable (Unlike companies like Simplex)
5) We have RITES as consultant
Tell me your point of view..
Yeah ! That’s what I even commented in many of the previous posts by TMRG on ORR-KIA Line
Yes more over its a straight stretch so doesn’t have any engineering challenges.Except stations carriageway work is easily achievable in under 27 months.Challenges are Station completion and ROLLING STOCK ,not sure if there’s any tender floated for blue line metro cars.
BMRCL will be procuring 222 bogies for ORR KIA route from CRRC
They said that in March itself. They have put a tender for 318 Coaches, out of which 222 are for ORR KIA while the remaining 96 are for Pink Line
Tender is pending. The one they published was for a consultant to help them with procuring and commissioning.
https://themetrorailguy.com/2021/03/27/gc-eoi-invited-for-bangalore-metros-318-new-coaches-signaling/
India is a country where private companies construct large 10-storied malls(with multiplexes) in just 2 years, but they construct a metro station in same time.
The project going on good success and achievement. We are doing the good team work
The project going on good success and achievement. We are doing the good team work and good support our team leaders.
Both Blue line and purple line have Binnigana halli station. Is that mean both KR puram and Binnigana halli station will act as interchange station?
Blue line doesn’t have Benniganahalli. It will just be connected to Bayappanahalli Depot after it gets converted from DTG to CBTC mode
Hello TMRG,
When is the most likely date for Whitefield line opening ?
No sooner than mid-2023
I have been trying to find the exact location of Marathahalli station on the blue line (Silk board to K R puram). TMRG – can you please recheck the map for Marathahalli station’s exact location. I talked to several groundsman and they all seems point to a location thats atleast 400 meters North of your map marking.
Please clarify.
Hi – location I marked is based off an alignment doc BMRCL shared a couple years ago. It might have changed since then. I’ll adjust it when its site appears on satellite imagery.